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Parliamentary Affairs 2007 60(3):522-526; doi:10.1093/pa/gsm026
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Reforming Parliamentary Democracy

Rob Leone

F. Leslie Seidle and DAVID C. DOCHERTY(eds), Reforming Parliamentary Democracy, McGill-Queens University Press, 2003, pp. viii , 242, index.

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Leslie Seidle and David Docherty's Reforming Parliamentary Democracy is the latest in a series of publications from the Canadian Study of Parliament Group. The edited book's 11 chapters in 242 pages, whose contributors include both academics and practitioners, offer an overview of the complexities of reform initiatives as they have occurred in Westminster parliamentary systems around the world and gives some insight into their problems. This volume also examined federalism within the context of parliamentary government. Because of its scope, the book's evaluation of parliamentary reforms is particularly useful.

Reforming Parliamentary Democracy evaluates four characteristics of parliamentary democracies. These are found in the introductory chapter written by David Docherty and Leslie Seidle. One characteristic is responsible government, which is found in the theory of parliamentary democracy. This characteristic has three major components: ministerial responsibility, the lower chamber's confidence for cabinet and the crown as the trustee of executive power. Although . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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